Free-agent OF Ichiro Suzuki (Yankees) agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal with the Miami Marlins Saturday, Jan. 24. The key ingredient in negotiations was Miami's willingness to work on a second year, which Suzuki will likely need to collect 3,000 career hits.

Updating a previous report free-agent OF Ichiro Suzuki (Yankees) is close to signing a one-year deal with the Miami Marlins Friday, Jan. 23, according to a baseball source. Suzuki is expected to earn a base salary of roughly $2 million this year, although both sides are still working on the final details of a contract. Suzuki would be used as the team's fourth outfielder.